LOONEY TUNE-UPS
BY ADAM BUCKMAN
For Kids' WB's new show "Loonatics," a futuristic bugs Bunny loses
his light-and-fluffy look to become a fierce, sharpclawed beast with
superpowers.
February 17, 2005 — HAS Warner Bros. gone daffy?
That's what fans of the studio's classic cartoon characters might be
asking after they get a look at the new, futuristic versions of some of
their favorite animated heroes, which Warner unveiled yesterday.
The Looney Tunes characters — six in all — have been "reimagined"
(in studio parlance) for a new series called "Loonatics," which is set
to air next fall on WPIX/Channel 11 as part of the Saturday morning Kids'
WB program lineup.
The show features new versions of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Wile E. Coyote,
the Tasmanian Devil, Road Runner and Lola Bunny (the newest of the
characters, who was introduced in the 1996 Michael Jordan movie "Space
Jam").
For "Loonatics," the six characters are being projected 700 years
into the future, given superpowers, and outfitted in tight-fitting,
slenderizing space gear.
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Mon, 21 Feb 2005 10:06:18 +1100
Katherine Phelps <muse [at] glasswings.com.au>
On Sunday 20 February 2005 13:22, Andrew Pam wrote:
LOONEY TUNE-UPS
BY ADAM BUCKMAN
For Kids' WB's new show "Loonatics," a futuristic bugs Bunny loses
his light-and-fluffy look to become a fierce, sharpclawed beast with
superpowers.
Ohmigosh! Idiot marketing guys who think they know kids, and think they know
about storytelling and creativity.
Idiot marketing guys get hold of Children's Television Workshop. One pipes up:
"I know, let's update Sesame Street! Put Kermit, Big Bird, and Elmo into the
future and give them laser guns. That'll make it hip so that the new
generation of pre-schoolers will get into it. 'C' is for Crater, that's big
enough for me..."
Toodles,
a muse
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russ aka taff <russy [at] adelphia.net>
Idiots - yes
know kids - ohhhhhhh yes they do, get em brain dead and keep em that way,
easier to sell them cheap plastic Loonatic dolls (not at a low cost, just made
by guatemalan convict labor to keep the suppliers cost down) , complete with
lil plastic laser destructo ray guns !!!!!!!
marketing guys - somewhere between used car salesmen and ummmmmmmm more used
car salesmen and oh yeah, lawyers ... but i understand they make good targets
for little plastic laser destructo guns. See there is a reason for even
marketing guys (and gals) to exist !!!!!
now if they do anything like this to Rocky and Bullwinkle it's not gonna be
pretty !!!!!!!
russ :)
On Sunday, February 20, 2005, at 06:06 PM, Katherine Phelps wrote:
On Sunday 20 February 2005 13:22, Andrew Pam wrote:
LOONEY TUNE-UPS
BY ADAM BUCKMAN
For Kids' WB's new show "Loonatics," a futuristic bugs Bunny loses
his light-and-fluffy look to become a fierce, sharpclawed beast with
superpowers.
Ohmigosh! Idiot marketing guys who think they know kids, and think they know
about storytelling and creativity.
Idiot marketing guys get hold of Children's Television Workshop. One pipes
up:
"I know, let's update Sesame Street! Put Kermit, Big Bird, and Elmo into the
future and give them laser guns. That'll make it hip so that the new
generation of pre-schoolers will get into it. 'C' is for Crater, that's big
enough for me..."
Toodles,
a muse
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